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Garbage and recycling requirements for property owners, managers, and landlords of residential rentals including single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes.
Owners and managers of multifamily properties – including apartments, condos, townhomes, and any residential community with five or more units – are required to provide and pay for adequate garbage and recycling service.
Learn how to set up garbage, recycling, and compost collection service for your business.
Food businesses in Portland will be required to compost their food scraps, starting in 2023 for some businesses.
Rights, responsibilities, and resources for Portland businesses around garbage, recycling, compost, and waste prevention.
City of Portland regulations for businesses related to recycling, single-use bags, Styrofoam, single-use plastics, and proper waste container storage.
Learn how to set up garbage, recycling, and compost collection service for your multifamily property. This includes apartments, condos, townhomes, and any residential community with five or more units.
Key policies, programs, and plans that shaped how the City of Portland manages and reduces waste. Details the evolution of Portland's garbage, recycling, and compost collection system from the 1950s to the present.
Businesses in Portland are required to recycle. This includes paper, metal, and plastic, as well as glass bottles and jars.
Over the next few years, changes will be made to make recycling easier at apartments and other multifamily communities. This includes improved garbage and recycling service levels, easy-to-understand signs, and color-coded containers.
Garbage, recycling and compost containers are not allowed to be stored on public sidewalks or streets.
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Collection changes and community action help reduce waste and increase materials recovery.
How you set up service depends on whether you’re at home or at work, whether you own or rent your home, and whether you live in a house or a larger building.
Choose from this list of approved waste collection haulers to set up garbage, recycling, and compost service for your business.

Recycling at home

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Information about garbage, recycling, and compost for homeowners, renters, and landlords of single-family houses, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes.
Learn how to set up and maintain a food scraps compost program at your restaurant, grocery store, bakery, or other food-related business.
Find Portland residential garbage, recycling and compost collection rates, as well as information about how the City sets these rates.
How to set up food scrap compost collection at multifamily properties. This includes apartments, condos, townhomes, and any residential community with five or more units.
Learn how to set up or improve recycling at your business. Get free posters and stickers, staff training tools, and tips for recycling at your office, restaurant, or shop.
Plastic straws, stirrers, utensils, and individually packaged condiments are available by request. Businesses cannot provide them automatically.
Information about garbage and recycling at apartments, condos, townhomes, and other residential communities with five or more units.
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